E-Delivery for Health & Welfare Plans

Employers and health plans spend millions annually to send over a billion sheets of paper with information about their health care benefits to American families. Despite a strong consumer preference for e-delivery, federal law prohibits employers from defaulting to secure, efficient, and streamlined delivery of this information.

ERISA retirement plan communications are already allowed to default to e-delivery—saving businesses billions and empowering Americans. Extending this flexibility to health plans is a commonsense solution that would ease a significant regulatory burden on employers, empower Americans with faster, more accessible health information, and cut waste and environmental damage drastically.

ERIC has convened a diverse group of employers, labor leaders, environmental advocates, and health plans that strongly supports expanding e-delivery for ERISA health plans. Policymakers must act now to modernize health communications and deliver real benefits for employers and employees and their families.